Windows 7 – To ship on October 22, 2009
To all who are reading the Windows 7 Team Blog, that is old news already. To quote the announcement: It’s almost here! We’re very happy to tell you that we’ve hit the last big milestone on the way to Windows 7: Release to Manufacturing. We’re packaging copies and manufacturers are putting it on new PCs. On October 22, you’ll be able to get the final shipping product. Pat yourself on the back for a job well done; you helped make this an operating system we’re all going to enjoy. For those who are still using the RC build of Windows 7, we can all tell microsoft what we think about the new OS. Good way to get feedback…really. Just go here at http://input.microsoft.com and “they will listen”.
In an email announcement sent by Microsoft to its testers (MSDN, TechNet and Connect), the date for the commercial availability of the new microsoft OS will be on October 22.
Microsoft for World Domination
MIcrosoft sent a letter to Yahoo! Board of Directors last weekend stating in no uncertain terms that the 62% premium over Yahoo’s closing price on January 31, 2008 was more than fair. It would be nice if Yahoo merges with Microsoft. No more laggy and always-crashing-Yahoo! Messenger since it will surely be united with Windows Live Messenger. Also with other Yahoo! services that will soon be united with Microsoft’s similar service. Making those services like Live more powerful and user friendly in which us Customers will love. Anyway, just check out the fun image from smooth of JCXP.net forums. 
I personally think that with Microsoft moving forward to take its case directly to Yahoo’s shareholders, will end this take over.
RF Online works on Windows Vista SP1
CCR, the game developer, has no official statement whether RFOnline works in Windows Vista. You still have to do some stuff to make it playable on your newly bought Operating System after finding out that there is a Hackshield error.
How to make RF work flawlessly in Vista (non SP1)
A solution was posted by RFO-ph Forum Sentinel, Apeiron, in the Philippine RFBoards for non-SP1 users.
Now that you’ve upgraded your PC and made sure that RF will definitely run smooth in your new machine, you realized that in Windows Vista, RF doesn’t completely work.
This is due to the the default settings of the UAC or User Account Control, a security feature in Vista, is causing a problem to your RF Online client.
For Vista SP1 users
TechNet subscribers who’ve updated early to Windows Vista SP1 does not need to change anything anymore to make the game playable for the system. Well this is based from my experience after doing a clean install of Vista SP1 and installing RFOnline: Crimson Dawn.
Windows Vista SP1 will be available to the public late March or April 2008.
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Understanding Vista – Windows Experience Index
If you are using Windows Vista, you definitely have to know more about the Windows Experience index or that number rating you get for your system. The Windows Experience Index measures the capability of your computer’s hardware and software configuration and expresses this measurement as a number called a base score. A higher base score generally means that your computer will perform better and faster than a computer with a lower base score, especially when performing more advanced and resource-intensive tasks.
As you can see in the image above, Vista rated my system 3.0 which is based on the lowest subscore my computer received (from graphics hardware)
Basescore and Subscore of your PC
- The Basescore The base score represents the overall performance of your system as a whole, based on the capabilities of different parts of your computer, including random access memory (RAM), central processing unit (CPU), hard disk, general graphics performance on the desktop, and 3?D graphics capability. - The Subscore The base score is a good indicator of how your computer will perform generally. The subscores can help you understand your computer’s level of performance for specific experiences:
So for me to boost my basescore to 4, I need to at least upgrade my Video Card. And for a basescore of 5, my processor, RAM and graphics card. However, since my processor and RAM have a subscore of 4+, I can actually surpass all the process described by basescore level 3. What is the Windows Experience Index?
